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The Medusa effect: instantaneous fossilization
Article first published online: 3 JAN 2008
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2451.1989.tb00671.x
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MARTILL, D. M. (1989), The Medusa effect: instantaneous fossilization. Geology Today, 5: 201–205. doi: 10.1111/j.1365-2451.1989.tb00671.x
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- Issue published online: 3 JAN 2008
- Article first published online: 3 JAN 2008
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Rapid fossilization of fishes and other animals in the Lower Cretaceous of the Chapada do Araripe, north-east Brazil, has preserved the most delicate structures known in the fossil record. Gills, muscles, stomachs and even eggs with yolks have been found. Interestingly, the material is not particularly rare, and specimens can be purchased from your local rock shop.